FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 29, 2002

CONTACT: Melanie Granfors 206-533-6500 mgranfors@shorelinefire.com

On Mother's Day, KING-TV news aired a story about Shoreline resident Dawn English -- a woman who adopts and cares for special needs children. English has cared for dozens of children for the past 30 years. Shoreline firefighter Eric Monroe saw the story -- and noticed that English was pushing a wheelchair down several steps on her front porch. Monroe mobilized two colleagues, Mark Peterson and Scott Ciraulo, and set to work designing a wheelchair ramp for the home's front steps. Today that ramp was built, with donated labor from the Shoreline firefighters and donated materials from North City Lumber. "It's part of a program we call "From the Heart", says Monroe. "The Shoreline Firefighters' Association -- made up of employees of the department -- is a non-profit organization that donates time and money to worthy causes in our community". As for Dawn English, she is very grateful. With two of her children wheelchair bound, it's been a struggle to get them up and down the steps. As she puts it, "I am getting older, and they are getting heavier." She adds, "now I just have to make sure no one tries to skateboard on it.!"